paludismo

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin palūdem (“swamp, marsh”) + -ismo.

Noun

paludismo m (plural paludismos)

1. malaria (disease)

   Synonym: malaria

Further reading

• “paludismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28